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After a long and difficult history, on 6 March 2018, Timor-Leste and Australia signed their new Treaty Establishing Maritime Boundaries in the Timor Sea. The treaty delimits, for the first time, the permanent maritime boundaries in the Timor Sea between Timor-Leste and Australia, and establishes a special regime for the development of the Greater Sunrise gas fields.

In just over two months, the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – the most significant overhaul of Europe’s data protection laws in recent memory – will come into effect. While the GDPR applies primarily to organisations based in the EU, it may also have a significant impact on the data handling practices of many Australian businesses and government agencies.

By 2031, more than 30 million will call Australia home, and with this forecasted population increase comes significant infrastructure demands. Australia’s infrastructure projects have traditionally been funded via bank or government balance sheets, but this is all set to change.

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The project management profession cuts across many paths and industries. The impact of good project management is increasingly relevant to good business, and it is no surprise to see these discussions arising across a range of “non-traditional” project management professions.

Paladin Energy Limited, an Australian listed company with substantial uranium and mining assets in Namibia, Malawi, Canada and certain Australian states, was placed into administration in July 2017 after one of its major customers, Electricité de France (EDF) advised Paladin it was not prepared to enter into a standstill agreement and required repayment of US$277 million under its Long Term Supply Agreement with the company.

Partner Dominic Emmett, who leads Gilbert + Tobin’s Restructuring + Insolvency practice has been named as the Leading Restructuring + Insolvency lawyer in the world (excluding the US and Europe) by Who’s Who Legal 2018.